Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #23
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
have announced the departure of founding member Adil "ScreaM"
Benrlitom and his brother Nabil "Nivera"
Benrlitom.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1591084987360608258/YHHUuLUE_normal.jpg)
Thank you, @ScreaM_
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1591084987360608258/YHHUuLUE_normal.jpg)
Thank you, @Nivera__
Having been present on Liquid's roster since their entrance to competitive Valorant back in 2020, ScreaM and the rest of the
fish123
fish123
Inactive
Kryptix
James Affleck
ScreaM
Adil Benrlitom
L1NK
Travis Mendoza
ec1s
Adam Eccles
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
roster competed in numerous Challengers events under the Liquid banner in 2021. Following a fourth-place finish at Masters: Reykjavik, the organization attempted to qualify for Masters: Berlin via the EMEA Stage 3: Challengers Playoffs, but fell one map short of qualifying as they were defeated by
Gambit Esports
Gambit Esports
Inactive
Redgar
Igor Vlasov
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
d3ffo
Nikita Sudakov
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
in overtime.
In need of more firepower to qualify for Champions, Liquid confirmed Nivera's switch to Valorant by signing him ahead of the EMEA LCQ. The gamble of onboarding a new player before one of their most important events of the year eventually paid off; Liquid blitzed through the LCQ and booked a ticket to Champions, where they secured a top-four finish.
As the 2022 season commenced, Liquid again found themselves qualifying for Masters: Reykjavik, where they finished among the top eight following losses to
ZETA DIVISION
ZETA DIVISION
Japan
Rank #2
Dep
Yuma Hashimoto
SugarZ3ro
Shota Watanabe
CLZ
Hikaru Mizutani
SyouTa
Shota Aoki
Xdll
Yuto Mizomori
and grand finalists
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #1
dgzin
Douglas Silva
v1nny
Vínicius Gonçalves
pANcada
Bryan Luna
tuyz
Arthur Andrade
cauanzin
Cauan Pereira
. As the EMEA Stage 2: Challengers playoffs kicked off, Liquid fell short of securing a spot at Masters: Copenhagen, prompting yet another run through the EMEA LCQ, where they would eventually book their ticket to Champions after triumphing over
M3 Champions
M3 Champions
Inactive
Jady
Yaroslav Nikolaev
purp0
Semyon Borchev
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Redgar
Igor Vlasov
in the grand finals.
With their sights on a trophy, Liquid advanced past the group stage by defeating
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
S1Mon
Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋)
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
and
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #6
mindfreak
Aaron Leonhart
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
, but bombed out of playoffs after falling to
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #6
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
and
OpTic Gaming
OpTic Gaming
Inactive
, another grand final attendee.
Following Riot's announcement of the 30 partnered teams, Liquid took a back seat and prepared for the upcoming franchise league. Rumors would later circulate that the Benrlitom brothers were in talks with
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Rank #160
saadhak
Matias Delipetro
Avez
Hazem Khaled
Elite
Efe Teber
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
marteen
Martin Pátek
, another franchised team.
Following the departure of ScreaM and Nivera,
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #23
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
is now: